RISC-V Foundation Presented with Product/Technology/Innovation of the
Year Award for the Innovative RISC-V ISA

July 03, 2018 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The RISC-V
Foundation, a non-profit corporation controlled by its members to
drive forward the adoption and implementation of the free and open
RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA), today announced the RISC-V
ISA won Product/Technology/Innovation of the Year in the prestigious
Electrons d'Or award program. Sponsored by France’s ElectroniqueS
magazine, the Electrons d'Or Award program identifies the most
innovative products of the year across various categories, featuring
technologies that have a significant impact on the market. Microsemi, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Microchip Technology Inc. and a founding
platinum member of the Foundation, accepted the award on behalf of the
RISC-V Foundation at a ceremony in Paris on June 26.

“The RISC-V Foundation is honored to receive this Electrons d'Or award
on behalf of our 150 plus members working together to advance the RISC-V
ecosystem and usher in a new era of processor innovation through open
standard collaboration,” said Rick O’Connor, executive director of the
non-profit RISC-V Foundation. “This award validates the growing industry
adoption of RISC-V, and recognizes the technology benefits of the RISC-V
ISA including its flexibility, scalability, extensibility and
modularity.”

Since its inception in 2015, the RISC-V Foundation has quickly expanded
its ecosystem to more than 150 organizations, individuals, academics and
universities from around the world, all working together to enable a
wide range of open-source and proprietary RISC-V hardware and software
solutions. Born in academia and research, the RISC-V ISA delivers a new
level of free, extensible software and hardware freedom on architecture,
paving the way for the next 50 years of computing design and innovation.

Winners in each category are determined by an independent jury of
recognized experts in the electronics industry.

RISC-V (pronounced “risk-five”) is a free and open ISA enabling a new
era of processor innovation through open standard collaboration. Founded
in 2015, the RISC-V Foundation comprises more than 150 member
organizations building the first open, collaborative community of
software and hardware innovators powering innovation at the edge
forward. Born in academia and research, RISC-V ISA delivers a new level
of free, extensible software and hardware freedom on architecture,
paving the way for the next 50 years of computing design and innovation.

The RISC-V Foundation, a non-profit corporation controlled by its
members, directs the future development and drives the adoption of the
RISC-V ISA. Members of the RISC-V Foundation have access to and
participate in the development of the RISC-V ISA specifications and
related HW / SW ecosystem.